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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-03-04
STATE OF VERMONT,
District nf AhIi.nn 81

The Probate Court for the District of Add.
son:
To all persons interested in the estate of
William F. Noyes, late OF Salisbury in said
District, deceased. GRERTING:
BY the authority of the State of Vermont,
you are hereby notified to appear before the
said Probate Court at the Probate ONCE in
Middlebury, in said District, on the 2lst day
of March, A. ID. 1887, at 10 o'clock a. m, to
show cause, IL any you have, why the account
of George W. Noyes, administrator OF the es.
tate of said deceased, should not be allowed
and also why the residue of said estate should
not be distributed to the parties entitled
thereto.
Dated at Middlebury, in said District, this
Goth day of February, A. D., 1887.
LYMAN +. KNAPP, Judge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-03-04
THE New DEPARTURE.
A VETERAN MIDDLEBURY EDITORS OP
ION,

Editor Register Il notice an anonunce-
ment in your paper that you intend to
adopt the pay-in-advance system for the
REGISTER after the first of April next.
For long years the system of pay-as-you-
Observation-Disclosures has been car
red on in Middlebury, until the losses in
the aggregate, if put together, would per-
fectly astonish every reader. The printing
expenses are made up of rents, paper, la
Dor, ink, wear and tear of tools and ma
chinery, taxes, etc, for which cash must,
in large part, be paid weekly-saying
nothing about the drudgery and constant
care of the editorial labor of well-con-
Quoted country newspaper.
My long experience as a printer, pub
Usher and editor in this county has con-
WINGED me that the pay-in-adyance sys-
TEN is the only method that can be de-
vised that will be equitable and fair to
both the publisher and subscriber. AL
though, perhaps, the citizens of Addison
county are as able ana prompt to pay as
any in the State of Vermont or any other
State; yet with all the gentle reminders
to subscribers, which are most carefully
worded so AS not to give offence-such as
"money wanted at this Office" "we
have good many subscribers upon our
books that owe for the paper for two or
three years." "pay the printer" ETC.
the publisher under the old pay-when-you-
please system finds his pockets empty.
The old system has been continued
from year TO year ever since the first pub
LEGATION was started in this town, and
now the shores of the river of time are
strewn with wrecks of disappointed hopes
of publishers, after IA desperate struggle
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-03-04
ROMAN CATHOLIC.

hEN IlfNhl Lane ] ASlOR'
This is the order OF services in the r. G..
church commencing with the first sunday in
February
First sunday in Fcbruary-Mass at 10 80 n. m. !;
catechism, 3 80 p m; benediction, 30
p. IN.
Second Sunday-Mass mt Q Il. M: catcchism,
3 80 p. m; bcnediction, 80 p. III.
Third Sunday-Mass ut 10 80 II. M; catechism,
3 30 y. m; bencdiction, 80 p III.
Fourth Sunday-NO morning or afternoon ser
vice, but bencdiction at 80 pm.
The above order of services is to be followed
in rotation every four consecutive sundays.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-03-04
TRAVELLERS GUIDE.

Trains pass Middlebury station at the hours
given below:
GOING NoRTH-Express 8 :33 a. M; local ex-
press, o 30 n. M; mail, 3 % p. M; express,
6l5 p. IN.
GOING SoUTH-Mail, $50 n. M; passenger,
.52 p. m. mixed, $ 33 p. m; express %
p. IN.
MAILS CLosE-North, . 80 and 80 p. m;
South, 8 30 II. m, and 80 p. III.
See Central VT timetable, elsewhere.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-03-04
BAPTIST.

REV. \. DEF. PALMER, PASTOR.
Sunday Services, 10 4j II. m; 80 p. m.
Sunday school II zoo IN.
H. J. Chapman superintendent
Prayer-mceting, Thursday, 80 p. m
Seats tree.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-03-04
OBITUARY..

The Davenport, Iowa, Compass tor FebrtIa-
ry contains tins: At the last moment before
going to press il becomes necessary to record
still another death in the parish Mrs. j. X.
Ferrie, wife of the late Judge Ferrie, of Bird.
port, Vermont, died Tuesday afternoon ut the
residence of Mr.. l.. l.. IIolcomb, east Fifteenth
street. Mrs. Fcrrie came last November with
her daughter to reside with her sister, Mrs.
IIolcomb. \ more Christian death is rarely
witnessed. shortly after receiving the sacra-
mcnt, with tull possession of every power of
mind to the last, the soul quilted the body
peacefully and hopefully. The burial service
will be held ut the house Thursday, the 18th
at p. m
JOSIAH SEYMOUR.
At York, Neb., of paralysis Jan. Is, lss7,
Josiah seymour, in the cighty-ffh year of his
age Dea. seymour became Il Christian mt
eighteen years OF age, and was ever after an
ardent worker in the church. He came west
in 1882, and was active in organizing the
church ut jacksonville i'll. The churches III
Newark, Rantoul and Newcomb, Ill,and York
Neb, all bear testimony to his Christian zeal
He was the father OF eight children four OF
whom survive him, as also his wife, to whom
he was married in Middlcbury, VT, and who
had walked by his side in Christian sympathy
tor fifty-nine years. james simmons, Esq, o
Lake Geneva, Wis, sends us the above ant
adds "The above notice may be of inter
est to some OF your older readers, rs Mr.
seymour spent his early years in Middlebury
and was probably born there. His wife was {
daughter of DR.. William Bass, who lived in tn,
east part of the village"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-03-04
Social Ntdtters.
THE WEATHER..

FOR THE WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-03-04
METHODIST.

REV. JOIN J. NOE, PASTOR.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20
FIENDS FOILED.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Oct. 15.-When
the pilot train, preceding the Presi-
Dental train, arrived at a trestle be-
tween Bonneville and ~Jonesboro,
Ark, yesterday morning, the engineer
discovered the trestle to be on fire.
He found that a section about ten
feet square was in flames, and that
the fire had been started on the I'M
der side OF the timbers. The engi
neer and all the rest of the train
men, with the help of some Of the
passengers, succeeded IN putting out
the fire, when il was discovered that
HE flames had no. eaten dangerously
far into the wood, ard the trestle was
still safe for the passage of trains.
A correspondent who happened to
be on the train made a careful exam
inatioD OF the burned timbers, which
gave upmis'akeable evidence IF an
attempt at train wreking. The fire
was started on the under side of the
cross ties in such a manner that there
can be DO possible belief that sparks
we're the cause OF it.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20
A Jaage ON Divorce.

Judge Howe ii indianapolis re-
Gently maae some sensible remaka
touching divorces An attorney
wanted han 10 take ny a divorce
case, urging that it would require
ealy i've minutes TO Try It. But the
judge said that no easo Of divorce
could be tried in 1--WE minutes, and
went on To make some reflections ca
the multiplicity vi such actions,
He deprecated the idea that power
W WAS a Sufficient cause for setting
aside n marriage, aud denounced the
intermsddling practices of friends
ani relatives who ill the wife's head
with the notion that she is q martyr.
He insganced = case which had come
before him, where the daughter of u
weli,to-do citizen had married a
young nan and although he had done
the best he could. the wife was told
by meddlesome friends that she
could have made a better match, ard
eventually a suit for divorce was the
result.
One of Washington Irying's most
delightful sketches is that which tells
of a wealthy man who had married a
fashionable woman and shortly after
their marriage lost all his property.
The poor man suffered fortunes at
the thought of how his wife would
feel when she knew the facts, but to
his surprise and joy, she went from
the big city house. with its fine
furniture, 10 the little cottage in the
country, with a light hesrt and a
merry countenance and their happi-
ness was uninterrupted.
This was probably a mere fancy
sketch of ~Irving's, but it has. been
many a time matched and more than
matched in real life. And it should
be the true AND only story of welded
life where misfortune nss interviewed
in spite of tie husbands honest exer.
tions. The old fashioned idea OF
marriage was that it was marriage
for life and it will be a good thing
when that idea shall become pre-
Yalent aoain.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20
The Land and the People.

With so many remediabie wrongs
to correct and so many actual abuses
to fight, it is sad to see an able
agitator like Henry George wasting
his breath on an lllusory and absurd
lapd-tax theory.
In one of his latest speeches Mr..
George spoke of the land Ii the Unit
ed States as 'lnouopOlizeh,' and de-
clared that ''the great majority If the
people have no interest in their
country. They are only permitted
to live nit"
There is no monopoly in land in q
country that has at least 5000, 600
land-holders, and that offers 100
acres to every settler who will take
it. The people who do not own land
the denizens of the ov~er-crowded
tenement districts of this city most
of all-have a direct interest IN the
ownership of farms by nearly $1,000.
900 American agricultur1sts. But
for the stimulus to individual enter,
prise and exertion inherent in oul
system of iand-ownership the great
| West never would have been settled,
and the cheap and abundant food
which results from such ownership
would not bless the poor people Of
the great cities.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20
WEBER
Talks to the Ledger About the
Signal Service Department
Indications not Pre-
dlctlons.

g.. A. Weber, signal corps, U. S
A, was at the Windsor yesterday af-
ternoon and this forenoon. MI.
Weber has long been connected with
the department, and his name is
very familiar as signal officer in
charge of the station at st. Louis, q
very responsible position. Sergeant
Weber, as he is known, is a gentle
mar of medium height, with a light
complexion and of very pleasing
manner. He "a cen by a reporter
for the LEDGER late yesterday. Il
am here, said the Sergeant, "on bust
ness. l have lately taken charge of
the State department, and am now
making a tour of our stations, of
which there are about TWEEN y-eight,
inspecting the instruments used in
taking observations, together with
their exposure. Mr.. ]. F. Llewellyn
is the voluntary observer here, aud
sends in a monthly report. NY mis-
sion is also to learn what interest is
being taken in the signals displayed
daily from the LEDGER building, and
l am glad to notice that they are
watched by a great many
perhaps you remember that Mr.
Cauthorn, a prominent citizen of this
place. suggested some months ago
that indication signals be attached to
the trains crossing the State daily?'
Yes, I remember. The sugges-
ton is a good one, but we would
have difficulty in making arrange
ments with the railroads crossing
Missouri for the daily display of
such signals, i would like very
much to see some plan of this char
acter adopted. | would also like for
the legislature to look into the estab-
lishment of a State system such as
exists in many Of the States, indie
pendent Of the general signal service
department. Iowa, Alabama and
many Others have tried it, and the
scheme is very beneficial.
'The telegrsphic reports seat out
each day, by which signals are dis
played are not predictions, are they
l-oniy indicationsf'
THAT il all. They SIRE the indica-
tioas. The signal officer predicts
nothing. He merely, from a care
fully prepared chart, drawn from re-
ports of government stations tele.
graphed to Washington at the same
instant from all parts Of the United
States, tells what kind of weather is
indicated
Sergeant Weber was highly pleased
with Mexico, and thought it one of
the brightest cities in Missouri. He
left at noon for Lexington.
--
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20
Saturday, Nov. IL, 1887,
1'rusfQess Sale.

whereas, ]. N. Cartmell and Eliza
beth Cartmell, his wife, by their deed
of trust, which is recorded in book a."
page %, of the Recorders Office within
and for Audrain county, Missouri, on
the 23d day of October, 1871, conveyed
to Edward T. Violet, in trust, to secure
a certain note in said deed of trust
described, the following lands situated
in Audrain county, Missouri, to-wit /:
The east half of southe st quarter and
the southeast fourth of northeast quar-
ter, all section seven, "a township ffty-
one, (51) range six, (6)
That on the 18th day of October, 1887,
the Circuit Court of Audrain county,
Mo-, by its order of record, appointed
the undersigned trustee in the place of
Edward T. Violet to execute said trust.
Now, therefore at the request of holder
of said note l will, as such trustee, on
Friday, November a, 'S7,
at the east front door Of the Court
House, Mexico, Mo, between the hours
of 8 a. m. and 4 p. m. of that day sell
said land at public vendue to pay said
note and all costs for executing thia
trust. w. III. KEENAN,, .
27-tds Trustee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20
Not Drunk.
From the Centralia Guard.

7 tHc OtHtIHiId VIIdIU.
We have received a letter from
Dan1 K Shields in which he denies
having been drunk at the Laelede
Hotel Or in 81 Louis, as published
IN these columns and requests a cor
rection of the statement. The psra-
graph alluded tn was not original
With the Guard, and, a. we have no
desire to do injustice to any one we
ohee'fnily give publicity to Mr..
Shields denial
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20

NEWSPAPER men have a good deal
to contend with, but the man who
takes a paper q year or so without
paying for it and then tells the post
master ne don't want it is the great
est nuisance on earth. H. gets the
paper as long as be can on credi. and
when asked 10 pay all at once finds
ont be don't want it, and stops with
out paying. A little free advertising
we think, will stop this class Of dead
beats. and we propose to try il on.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20
Nupt1als Announced.

LOUISIANA, Me-, Oct. 18.-The
marriage of Rev. d. w. Nichols, of
Laddonis, No, and Miss Annie r,
Cubber,y, youngest daughter of Mr..
T. p. Cubberly, is announced for
Thursday, November 10th, at which
Bishop r. Bowman, of the Methodist
Church. will ofiiciate. The ceremony
will occur at the Centenary Metho-
dist Church, 10 this city, Of which
Miss Cubberly is q prominent mem
Der. Immediately following the event,
Mr. and Mrs. Nichols will leave for
their home in China, where the groom
goes as a missionary to Nansing on
the Yangtse Kiang.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20

CLAY county voted wet by a thous-
and majority. There has not been a
saloon in Clay county for IA years.
One thing is certain and that is, no
one can say the saloon interest had
anything to do with the result
in that county.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20

The Centralia Guard is now busy
skinning skunks. and it is doing a
neat job. Some dirty towards of
that place have been publishing
anonymous circulars about leading
citizens ami Rodemyre is making 1t
warm for them. Such dirty work
deserves to be shown up and the au-
thors made public.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20

AFTER an address of welcome to
President Cleveland at Memphis,
Judge Elicit. an aged jurist, was
over come by heat, and died while
the President was replying. The
physicians gave the presidential par
ty and the crowd to understand that
the judge had only tainted and his
death was not made known until the
reception had ended.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20

JuHGs NORTON has written q letter
tc Lieuteuant-G Governor Morehouse
in which he states emphatically that
he will not be an aspirant for guber-
naforial donors. Those intimate with
the Judge know that this action on
his part settles the question of his
candidacy for Governor, and some
are led to believe that his withdrawal
from the RAGS is in the interest OF
Moiehouse.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20
gssaroR yEsT has written an OBJ

SENATOR VEsT has written IN open
letter in answer to criticisms upon
his first letter by Judge Heren, in
which he says; II was unfortunate in
my language ii ] did not make it
ciesr that / am in favor of the great
principle underlying local option,
bat / cannot approve all the provis-
ions Of the Wood Law. I think now
and always have thought, that every
community should determine whether
saloons should be licensed in their
midst The Senator, however,
avoxs his opposition to prohibition.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20

The Germans of this county are,
as usual, putting in a fine acreage of
wheat. They do not depend alone
ON corn for a crop and consequently
never get left Onr German people
this season raised the very best of
wheat and oats and are consequently
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20

In this issue of the LEDGER will
be found a proclamation from Mayor
Hisey in regard to violating the Sun
day law in Mexico. We are not
acquainted with the causes calling for
the proclamation, but the Sunday
law and all other laws should be
strictly enforced.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20

THE present term of Circuit Court,
Judging from the docket, is eminently
q divorce court. The number of d.
vorces being asked and secured in
this county at this term is unprece-
dente9 in its history. Such a state OF
affairs does not speak well for the
community, but on investigation we
find that a large proportion of the
snits are among our colored popula-
fiau
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20
Notice.

Notice is hereby given that let
tiers, testamentary with will attach
ed. upon the estate of John f. Br .bant,
have been granted the undersigned,
John j. Brabant, by the probate court
of Audrain county, Missouri, bearing
date JIne IL, 1887.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit them
to me for allowance within one year
from date of said letters, or they may
be precluded from any benefit or such
estate; and If such claims be not exhib-
tied within two years from the date of
the publication of this notice they will
be forever barred.
JOHN J. BRABANT,
EYacutor
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20
Administrators Notice.

Notice is hereby given that letters of
upon the estate of Dav-
i'd Horton, deceased, have been granted
the undersigned, Henry Klekamp, by
the Probate Court of Audrain county,
Mo-, bearing the date Oct. 18th, 1887.
ALI persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit them
for allowance to the administrator with
in n year after the date, or they may
be %precluded from any benefit Of such
estate, and If such claims be not exhib-
tied within two years from this date
they will be forever barred.
2S-4t HENRY KLEKAMP,
Administrator,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20

MOUNT MORGAN, the Australian
gold heap, can be bought for $685.,
600 900. 1t is a good investment.
The purchaser obtains, as it were, a
permanent rise in gold.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20

THOSE of our farmers who have
put in a good acreage of wheat have
made no mistake. Audrain county
is fast becoming one of the very best
wheat counties in the State.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20

The breeders Of Shorthorn .attle
will hold their 4,h annual sale at the
Far Grounds, Thursday, Nov. Bird.
Send 10 3. z. Emmons for cata-
iogue. d&w 3w.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20

THE hole in the ground is over l.
500 feet deep and will at ice be
measured by the directors. MFR.
Barre, of Pennsylvania, who has
$500 worth of stock, will he here in
a day or so and we learn that the
directors will call a meeting of the
stockholders and take a vote as to
whether they favor going ahead
with the work or stopping. Most of
the lsrger stockholders with whom
We have talked appear to think best
to stop and save the Fest of the
money for some other enterprise or
pay it back to the stockholders.
Many also think it is a J stuff about
the water in the well not belonging
to the company +: that the well as it
stands is worth every cent it has cost.
Others claim that the well would be-
long to McIntire. We presume that
the matter will be satisfactorily set
tied and for the best Interest of all
concerned. Some of whom sub
seribed sums like SIS 90 appear to be
anxious to keep on, not careing
whether the result would justify it or
not, while many who subscribed $50
and 800 T ready to stop and save
half their subscription for some other
more promising enterprise.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20
Administrator's Notice.

Notice Is hereby given that letters of
administration upon the estate of Ann
Corker.' deceased, have been granted
the undersigned, Z. E. Locke, by the
Probate Court of Audrain county, Mo-,
bearing the date Sept. s. 1887.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them for allowance to the administrator
within n year after the date, or they
may be preciuded from any benefit OF
such estate, aud If such claims be not
exhibited within two years from this
date they will be forever barred.
23-4t p. E. LOCKE,
Administrator.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20

"THE Sunday law is to be strictly
enforced in Mexico. Just what this
means future Developments alone can
explain. The law a be found in
this issue of the LEDGER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20

Mr.. WIN. HARPER and several
other stockholders with whom we
have talked think work on the well
should be stopped, and the rest of
the money spent in some other enter
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20
LOCAL OPTION.
as Shown by a Carefully
Prepared Table,

Below are summarized the dry and
wet counties aud cities IN the State,
with population taken from the een-
sus of 1850. The table is a careful
" prepared Que and il correct:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20
Foraker on Foraker.

From the New Philadelphia Times.
Nobody .ft,' bat Foraker.
Nobody bled but Foraker.
Nobody died but Foraker.
Nobody survived bat Foraker.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20

WE have another letter in regard
to the oil well. Gentlemen, sign
your names and write in a gentle
manly style and you are welcome to
space.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20

The Board of Trade should give
the anti Horse Thief delegation a
carriage ride and show them the best
town in The State.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20

MEXICO must look out or she will
lose her reputation as a booming
town.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20

All the delegates to the Anti-Horse
Thief Convention wear blue badges.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20

The delegates TO the Anti-Horse
Thief Association are a fine looking
body OF men.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20
They Do.

From the Moberiy Monitor.
Bob White, of the Mexico LEDGER,
is trying to organize a Y. N. C. A.
reading room. What is the matter
that they don't read the LEpGEaa
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20

MEXICO will moi secure the Ma
sonic Home unless something Is done
at once
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20

The report in regard to an attempt
to wreck the Presidential train is
thought to be sensational.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20

A. w. WOLF hes a very sensible
and gentlemanly letter in the LEDGER
TODAY.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20

The BKowNs do we'll when they do
not get shut out.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20

The boys are deadening timber for
the spring election.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20
CAPE G1RARDEAU COUNTY.

JACKSON, Mo, Oct. Escape Cir
ardeau township election on the local
option proposition, cast l43 majority
against 1t. Byrd township (Jack-
SOM goes 8 majority agsinst. Indi
cations are that local option in this
county is defeated.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20

MEXICO should have a good
lyceum.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20
YEAR 1887.
Tax Collectors Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the Tax
Book for the year 1887 is now in my
hands ready for collection, and l will
meet the Taxpayers at the following
places on dates below mentioned, viz:
cUIvRE TOWNSHIP.
At Grange Hall, Wednesday, Nov. 9th.
At Fafber, Thursday, Nov. 10th.
At Vandalia, Wednesday and Thursday,
Dec. 9TH and Sth.
PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP.
At Laddonia, Friday, Nov. 11th.
LoUTRE TOWNSHIP.
At Martinsburg, Monday Dec. 9th.
SAILING TOWNSHIP.
At Friendship, Thursday, Nov. 18th.
at Sturgeon, j. NJ. Proctor's store, We'd
nesday, Dec. 18th.
At CentraiIa, at Bank of Centralia,
Thursday, Dec. 18th.
r. P. HOPKINS. Collector.